farm labourer – harvesting

Work site environment

• Fruit and vegetable combination farming
• Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Staff accommodation available
• Rural area
• Remote location
• Urban area
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clean the crops
• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Harvest seedlings
• Pack fruits and vegetables
• Pick row and orchard crops
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Sort fruits and vegetables
• Weeding
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Clean work area
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Farm truck
• Loader
• Tractor
• Planting equipment

Automated systems experience

• Automated irrigation system
• Automated environmental control equipment
• Feeding and watering system
• Storage and silage system

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Work under pressure
• Handling heavy loads
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Sound discrimination
• Overtime required
• Sitting
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking

Personal suitability

• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player